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      3.7

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (4,285 total reviews)
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      Irving Tan

      74% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

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      WD has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,285 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      3.0
      Nov 17, 2008

      internal ASIC group - usual transition problems aplenty (post ST acquisition), but on solid foundation

      Engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      When I was there to assist in the bringup of my vendor's CAD tools, the ASIC group in Lake Forest had a refreshing mixture of entry-level (<2 years exp) engineers), mid-level (5-10 years), and senior/principals (15+ years.) Having seen many workplaces which suffered from 'one-sided' demographic, it was positive to see so many levels of expertise under one division! In speaking with the more seasoned engineers, it seemed to me the entry-levels were underutilized (not that any of them were complaining!) The team was undergoing a prolonged training exercise -- their assignment would not have any direct impact on revenue product for at least a year. Also, the ASIC group seemed like the envy of some other departments. A relaxed pace of workday is perhaps preferable to some of the "dungeon" work-hours practiced by other departments.

      Cons

      WD's mid-2008 acquisition of ST-Longmount (see WD's website for public press-release) hit the Lake Forest team like a surprise earthquake. Such a merger takes massive co-ordination between the senior levels of both parties, yet the direct manager of Lake Forest's ASIC group was given no advanced warning?!? Why would senior management do that? The result? Some initial overlap/redundancy of personnel between Lake Forest ASIC and the (acquired) Longmount ASIC team (not to worry, there's plenty of work to go around), but more seriously, a loss of focus by both sides. The 'training exercise' was rendered pretty much redundant (tossed aside in favor of Longmount's imported material), though thankfully the trained skill-set is directly re-usable on the imported database. Things will settle down as everyone finds their role in the big machine. location - Lake Forest, in the middle of nowhere...(10 minutes from 5 freeway.)

      1.0
      Sep 8, 2008

      Not a too bad place to work for Sr. levels, strongly not recommended for entry level.

      senior principal engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The company has been very profitable and the management is focused on the right thing - profitability and makes the right business decisions.

      Cons

      Business sucess may have little to do with individual's. Very low pay and no raise for years. The bonus and benefit (401K) system is very unfair for low-pay employees. It may not be a too bad place to work for Sr. level people, but for entry level - strongly not recommended. The work environment is very bad and many employees are unhappy, yet little effort seems to have been put on it by the management.

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